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Best Buy’s Free Phone Fridays – this week’s Android deals

May 13, 2011May 15, 2011 drsquid Android, Atrix, Bell, Best Buy, canada, contract, Desire HD, Fido, Free Phone Fridays, Galaxy S, HTC, Incredible S, Motorola, Nexus S, Optimus One, Promotion, Rogers, Samsung, smartphone, superphone, Telus4 Comments

Best Buy Canada has followed the Best Buy US lead and is offering a selection of ‘free’ phones every Friday. Of course there is a catch – they are only free if you buy the phone on a 3-year term, as a new activation. While this means that not everybody can take advantage of these deals, if you are no longer in a contract or looking to switch carriers, you can pick up one of the latest Android phones by just signing a piece of paper! The phones included (and…

Virgin Mobile HTC Incredible S hands-on video including Bell Mobile TV app

May 12, 2011May 14, 2011 drsquid Android, Android 2.2, Bell, Best Buy, canada, google, hands-on, HTC, HTC Sense, launch, Sense UI, smartphone, superphone, video, Virgin Mobile8 Comments

At the beginning of April both Virgin Mobile and Bell Mobility released the HTC Incredible S Android smartphone, and HTC was kind enough to send us the Virgin version to review. You can check out our in-depth video look at the phone below.

Win a Telus Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate 4G, launches tommorow

May 11, 2011May 15, 2011 drsquid 4G, Android, Android 2.2, Android 2.3, contest, data-caps, Fascinate, Fascinate 4G, Galaxy S, Gingerbread, Gowalla, launch, Qik, Samsung, superphone, Telus, Toronto0 comment

While there is some controversy to the use of 4G as a label for current 3.5g networks, the Telus Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate 4G (what a mouthful!) when it launches tomorrow will certainly be the ‘fastest’ phone in Canada. With 21 Mbps HSPA+ download speeds, this minor revision to the super popular Galaxy S series of phones sports the same 4″ Super-AMOLED screen, 1Ghz processor, 5MP camera, and still runs only Android 2.2. This is a little disappointing, since Gingerbread (Android 2.3) has been available for quite some time now. Samsung has however…

Samsung Galaxy Tab giveaway on Rogers RedBoard Biz – 1 day left!

May 11, 2011May 15, 2011 drsquid Android, business, contest, Galaxy, google, Redboard, Redboard Biz, Rogers, Samsung, Tab, tablet3 Comments

Rogers has really been promoting the business version of their Redboard blog – the Biz blog, which is “dedicated to helping Canadian businesses get a competitive advantage with business tools and providing the know-how to get the most value from them”. To help promote the new @RogersBiz Twitter account they are having a contest to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet. All you have to do is go to the blog here, and in the comments, in 100 words or less, let Rogers know “how technology has changed your…

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 hands-on

May 10, 2011May 12, 2011 Doug Groves Android, Android 3.0, Asus, dock, Eee, Eee Pad, hands-on, Honeycomb, IPS, multitouch, tablet, TF101, Transformer, video, XOOM vs Transformer6 Comments

Although the Eee Pad Transformer is a difficult tablet to come by, what with it being back ordered just about everywhere, Alex managed to get some hands on time with it recently. In particular, he takes a good look at how the optional keyboard/battery attachment works, which brings Honeycomb dangerously close to netbook territory.

It Gets Thinner: The PaperPhone

May 4, 2011May 15, 2011 Pete Chapman flexible display, Human Media Lab, Mobile, PaperPhone0 comment

It’s called the PaperPhone and its creator Roel Vertegaal, the director of Queen’s University Human Media Lab, says, “This computer looks, feels and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper. You interact with it by bending it into a cell phone, flipping the corner to turn pages, or writing on it with a pen.” Dr. Vertegaal will present his “paper” computer on May 10 at 2 pm at the Association of Computing Machinery’s CHI 2011 (Computer Human Interaction) conference in Vancouver. Here are two videos from an article at…

Xperia arc video overview

April 29, 2011May 4, 2011 Doug Groves Android, Arc, Gingerbread, google, review, Rogers, SE, Sony Ericsson, unboxing, video, Xperia, Xperia Arc0 comment

Now that we’ve had some extended time with the arc, we take a video deep dive, taking a look at the hardware and software on the Gingerbread loaded smartphone.

ASUS Eee Slate EP121 review

April 28, 2011April 29, 2011 Doug Groves Asus, Asus review, Core i5, EEE Slate, EP 121, EP121, Intel, multitouch, Photoshop, review, Sketchbook Pro, stylus, Wacom, Windows 7, Windows tablet4 Comments

Eschewing the more common convertible notebook design and going full on slate with both multitouch and Wacom digitizer is something new for Asus and the PC industry in general. It’s clear that such decisions are driven more by the consumer market that convertible makes have been targeting in the past. We had a couple of weeks to put the EP121 through its paces, and have come away suitably impressed.

Motorola XOOM hands-on video, now available at Telus

April 19, 2011April 26, 2011 drsquid Android, Android 3.0, google, hands-on, Honeycomb, Motorola, Motorola Xoom, slate, tablet, Telus, video, Xoom1 Comment

On April 7th Motorola announced that the XOOM Android 3.0 tablet was available in Canada. Future Shop had jumped the gun a bit and started selling them the day before so instead of waiting for a review unit to be sent, I rushed out to buy it right away. I had hoped that I would be able to get some hands-on videos posted soon after. Sadly, due to Real Life™ this was not to be.

BlackBerry PlayBook hits retailers tomorrow

April 18, 2011May 15, 2011 Doug Groves 7 inch tablet, Blackberry, Mobile, PlayBook, QNX, RIM, tablet2 Comments

After a long wait, RIM is finally launching its BlackBerry PlayBook across Canada tomorrow, and can be found at all the usual suspects, as well as less tech oriented retailers such as Sears. The latter went so far as to put out a press release suggesting that they would be the best way to buy RIMs 7 inch tablet running the new QNX based OS, offering a “15 day no hassle” return policy.

USB powered bicycle helmet should be in all our futures

April 13, 2011April 18, 2011 Doug Groves airbag, airbag helmet, crash data, cycling, Hovding, slo mo, USB, video3 Comments

What do the two pictures above have in common? They’re both wearing a bicycle helmet.

Xperia Play and Arc on pre-order – WIN tickets to the launch party!

April 11, 2011May 15, 2011 drsquid Android, google, mobile gaming, Playstation Certified, SE, Sony Ericsson, Xperia, Xperia Arc, Xperia Play0 comment

UPDATE: Congratulations to Jen W. and Aruj, who should have received their invites. Remember to check your email! Are you an Android fan who’s been wanting a little more out of their mobile gaming experience? If so, then you probably already know this, but Sony Ericsson and Rogers have gone official with the Xperia Play, the first Android phone to feature PlayStation certification, as well as a slide out gaming controller. Along with the Play is the Arc, which features the same specs but lacks a physical controller in favour of…